Using the Cloud to build highly-efficient systems — These are times where many companies are focusing on the basics of their IT operations and are asking themselves how they can operate more efficiently to make sure that every dollar is spent wisely. This is not the first time that we have gone through …

Introducing Gmail for mobile 2.0 — As an engineer on the Gmail for mobile team, I use the Gmail client on my mobile phone all the time. Because of this, I'm always looking for ways to make it faster, more robust and easier to use. Today, we're thrilled to introduce Gmail for mobile version 2 …

New York Times (NYT) Running On Fumes — Not sure how it came to this so fast, but the New York Times (NYT) is approaching the point where it will have to manage its business primarily to conserve cash and avoid defaulting on its debt. This situation will only get worse as advertising revenue continues …

Intel unveils new cooling tech for ultrathin laptops — Intel wants a laptop to live up to its name. — A computer that sits comfortably, coolly on your lap. The world's largest chipmaker expects a crush of ultrathin laptops from PC makers in 2009 and unveiled cooling technology this week …

Sign of the Times: Should the ‘Gray Lady’ talk to a Yahoo? — The news has been unrelentingly bad for the news business, in the last two years as advertising keeps shifting to the Internet. — And there's no question that the great ‘Gray Lady’ of newspapering, The New York Times, is in a vise.

Video site Break.com lays off 11 — Video site Break.com has laid off about 11 workers, according to CEO Keith Richman. — The site, which now bills itself as an online “entertainment destination for guys” is planning to hire the same number of people in the future, just “with different skill sets,” Richman said.

SAMSUNG'S UNIQUE AND CUSTOMIZABLE TouchWiz ™ USER INTERFACE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE U.S. MARKET IN SEVERAL NEW AND POWERFUL TOUCHSCREEN PHONES — TouchWiz™ Offers Users One-Touch Access to Their Favorite Features — DALLAS, October 23, 2008 - Samsung Telecommunications America …

Sun Loses Co-Founder to Start-Up — MENLO PARK, Calif. — Andreas von Bechtolsheim, a brilliant billionaire who has created some of the best-selling computer systems in the industry, is resigning as chief architect of Sun Microsystems to focus on a start-up that is challenging another industry giant, Cisco Systems.

Collateral Damage: Why Windows Mobile will die. — I am not a very sophisticated mobile phone user. I don't use most of the bells and whistles on my phone, probably because I don't know what they even are. But just because I'm an idiot about USING mobile phones doesn't mean I don't understand …

Apple begins testing Mac OS X 10.5.6 Update — Apple this week began testing Mac OS X 10.5.6, the next in a running series of updates planned for the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system, which could prove to be the most extensive yet. — The first test build, which reportedly arrive Thursday …